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Theses and Dissertations (Industrial and Systems Engineering): Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-12-01)Most new generation organisations have management models and processes for measuring and managing organisational performance. However, the application of these models and the direction the company needs to take are not ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-11-19)The Vehicle Routing Problem has been around for more than 50 years and has been of major interest to the operations research community. The VRP pose a complex problem with major benefits for the industry. In every supply ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-11-18)Over the last few years, there has been tremendous growth in the diversity of products and services offered to customers across all industries. With this increased choice of products and services, the bargaining power of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-11-09)The objective of the research was to establish a scientifically-based decision making procedure for determining the amount of cash to be held at a cash point at any time without compromising the customer service level or ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-11-09)Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-11-09)The term Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) was created in 1990 by Advanced Manufacturing Research (AMR) to describe the suite of software products which enables the execution of manufacturing through the integration ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-11-09)This study is intended as a guideline for enterprise designers in developing a conceptual design for an enterprise. It follows a system engineering approach and promotes top down design of enterprises viewed as systems. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-11-09)Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document
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(University of Pretoria, 2011-10-24)Inventory management under uncertainty is a widely researched field and many different types of inventory models have been used to address inventory problems in practice [1, 10, 11, 26, 50, 35]. However, there is a lack ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-10-25)This thesis presents a study of stochastic models of continuous review of inventory systems of perishable and non-perishable products, as well as inventory systems operating in random environment. It contains five chapters. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-10-18)Two well-known methods of improving the reliability of a system are (i) provision of redundants units, and (ii) repair maintenance. In a redundant system more units are made available for performing the system function ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-10-18)Abstract not available:
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-10-18)(i) The thesis sets out to address the problematic phenomenon of Systems of Congestion via Basic Queueing Theory. The theory, and its application in practice, appears to be a field of study which is the common domain of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-10-17)Please read the abstract (Dissertation Summary) in the section 00front of this document
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-06-26)Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) is a collective term for the symptoms arising from the prolonged use of vibrating hand tools. An investigation into the literature on available screening tools for HAVS was conducted. A ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-09-25)Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document.
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(University of Pretoria, 2004-09-05)Definitions for logistics are numerous. Logistics is furthermore divisionalised amongst functional lines as well as industry lines. Therefore one hears about military logistics, business logistics, marketing logistics, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-08-27)South Africa provides a fascinating interface between the developed and the developing world and poses a multitude of opportunities for enhancing the sustainable development of local cities. The concept of City Logistics ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-08-24)The environment in South Africa has changed dramatically with regard to health services during the past five years especially for state-funded hospitals in the public sector. At the Johannesburg Hospital the admittance of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-08-24)The introduction of the Internet has challenged numerous value chain propositions and processes. Its low cost, low barrier of entry and timely distribution of information provides a seamless extension of processes across ...
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